Affordable Housing Research & Data
Texas is short 864,000 affordable homes, and nearly half of renters are cost-burdened. Without strong housing policy, economic growth slows and communities suffer with costly impacts to local and state budgets and negative impacts to workforce growth, healthcare stability, and education outcomes.
2026 Texas Voter Housing Survey Report
The Build Texas Report brings together statewide polling, housing research, economic analysis, and public policy insights to examine the growing impact of housing affordability across Texas.
Developed to inform policymakers, business leaders, community organizations, and Texans alike, the report explores why affordable rental housing matters to the state’s economy, workforce, healthcare system, and long-term competitiveness.
EXPLORE WHAT TEXANS ARE SAYING ABOUT:
How Affordable Housing Shapes Our Future
Explore research on how affordable housing is connected to local economic and workforce development, health, education, transportation, infrastructure, and other areas of public policy. Together, these studies show how housing affordability shapes community priorities and outcomes.
Economic and Workforce Development
Health Outcomes & Impacts to Cost
Affordable Housing & Infrastructure Costs
Affordable Housing in the Suburbs
Affordable Housing and Education
Stakeholder Resources
TAAHP has put together resources for members, stakeholders and policy makers to help advocate and educate decision makers in order to promote sound, common sense, effective affordable housing policy in Texas.
Affordable Housing Studies
Pandemic-weary Parents Spend More Than Half Their Day Worried About Housing According to NHP Foundation Survey
Study from affordable housing provider queried families nationwide on Covid-related housing and financial woes; results point to vulnerability of existing affordable housing and urgent need for more.
New Research Released on the Costs of COVID-19 Evictions
This report, a collaboration between NLIHC and the Innovation for Justice (i4J) Program, highlights some of the public costs of eviction-related homelessness that the United States will incur if we do not provide adequate rental assistance and eviction protection.
Freddie Mac: LIHTC Program Essential to Affordable Housing in Rural Persistent Poverty Counties Across the Country
Freddie Mac released a white paper highlighting the vital role the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program serves in rural counties.
Report: Pandemic, Racial Injustice, and Climate Change Exacerbate America’s Housing Problems
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies releases its 2020 State of the Nation’s Housing report CAMBRIDGE, MA – For most of 2020, the US has been beset by the COVID-19 pandemic, social unrest sparked by racial injustice, and the devastating impacts of climate...
Study: Impacts of COVID-19 on Affordable Housing Providers
Study outlines impacts of COVID 19 on Affordable Housing Providers.
Freddie Mac: New Research Shows Affordable Housing Shortage Persists
Affordable Housing Shortage persists with less than 10% of rental units are affordable to renter households earning 50% of median renter income (MRI), according to new research released by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) Multifamily. Building on last year’s “Diminishing...
Study: Expanding the Supply of Affordable Housing for Low-Wage Workers
Rising income inequality, combined with high housing costs, and a shortage of affordable rental housing across the nation and particularly in large metropolitan regions, has been creating a significant financial burden for growing numbers of working families, especially those of low-income workers. And the COVID-19 pandemic and related shutdowns and layoffs have exacerbated this problem.
House Passes Resolution to Reverse OCC’s Final CRA Rule
On June 29, the House of Representatives passed H.JRes.90, a Congressional Review Act resolution to reverse the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) final rule on the Community Reinvestment Act.
Study: For Many Renters, Owning Home Not Possible
The Kinder Institute’s inaugural State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report provides a consistent and accessible baseline of information about housing-related issues to all Houstonians. This report will be updated annually to track shifts in how the...
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